What types of objects may one place on or take from a ledge that protrudes over a public domain, when use of that ledge is otherwise permitted?

ShabbatCarrying and Domains

Synopsis

On a narrow ledge over reshut ha-rabim, only breakable objects (pottery, glass) may be used — to prevent retrieving a fallen object from the public domain. Rema limits this restriction to ledges; a surface as wide as a roof permits all objects.

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